| nardoo | (noun) Australian clover fern | Synonyms: common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii, nardo |
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| negro | (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: colored, coloured |
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| neo | (adjective) (used as a combining form) recent or new | - |
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| neutrino | (noun) an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass | - |
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| no | (adjective) (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of | - |
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| (noun) a negative | - |
| (adverb) used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement | - |
| (adverb) not in any degree or manner; not at all | - |
| (adverb) referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present | Synonyms: no more |
| notturno | (noun) a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) | Synonyms: nocturne |
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| novillero | (noun) a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age | - |
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| nuncio | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status | Synonyms: papal nuncio |
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| nympho | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| o | (noun) the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: O |
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| obbligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obligato |
| obligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obbligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obbligato |
| ocotillo | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, vine cactus |
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| octavo | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves | Synonyms: 8vo, eightvo |
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| oleo | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, marge, oleomargarine |
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| oligo | (noun) (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides | Synonyms: oligonucleotide |
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| oratorio | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: cantata |
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| oregano | (noun) pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets | Synonyms: marjoram |
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| (noun) aromatic Eurasian perennial | Synonyms: marjoram, Origanum vulgare, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet |
| oreo | (noun) chocolate cookie with white cream filling | Synonyms: oreo cookie |
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| orzo | (noun) pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine | - |
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| ostinato | (noun) a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition | - |
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| outdo | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outflank, scoop, trump |
| outgo | (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outlay, spending |
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| (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
| ouzo | (noun) a Greek liquor flavored with anise | - |
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| overdo | (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: exaggerate |
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| ovolo | (noun) a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse | Synonyms: quarter round, thumb |
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| pachinko | (noun) a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
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| pachuco | (noun) a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes | - |
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| palmetto | (noun) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves | - |
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| palomino | (noun) a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail | - |
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| panto | (noun) an abbreviation of pantomime | - |
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| paparazzo | (noun) a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines | - |
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| parvo | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | Synonyms: parvovirus |
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| paseo | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: walk, walkway |
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| passado | (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: lunge, straight thrust |
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| patio | (noun) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence | Synonyms: terrace |
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| peccadillo | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: indiscretion |
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| peekaboo | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: bopeep |
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| peludo | (noun) Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts | Synonyms: Euphractus sexcinctus, poyou |
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| pengo | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946 | - |
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| pentimento | (noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) | - |
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| pernio | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, chilblains |
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| peso | (noun) the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Colombian peso |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Cuban peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Dominican peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Mexican peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Philippine peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Uruguayan peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Chilean peso |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Guinea-Bissau peso |
| pesto | (noun) a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil | - |
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| petitio | (noun) the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question | Synonyms: petitio principii |
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| photo | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photograph, pic, picture |
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| phyllo | (noun) tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes | - |
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| pianissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very soft | - |
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| (noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: piano |
| (adverb) a direction in music; to be played very softly | Synonyms: very softly |
| piano | (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone | Synonyms: soft |
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| (noun) a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | Synonyms: forte-piano, pianoforte |
| (noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: pianissimo |
| (adverb) used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly | Synonyms: softly |
| piccolo | (noun) a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute | - |
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| pichiciago | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciego |
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| pichiciego | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago |
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| pimento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimiento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| pimiento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| pinko | (noun) a person with mildly leftist political views | Synonyms: pink |
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| pintado | (noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: cero, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis |
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| pinto | (noun) a spotted or calico horse or pony | - |
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| pistachio | (noun) nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | Synonyms: pistachio nut |
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| (noun) small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts | Synonyms: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera |
| pizzicato | (adjective) (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger | - |
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| (noun) a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
| (adverb) with a light plucking staccato sound | - |
| placebo | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead | - |
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| (noun) an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | - |
| plumbago | (noun) any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago | - |
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| (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, graphite |
| polio | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis |
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| politburo | (noun) the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party | - |
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| politico | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politician |
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| polo | (noun) a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball | - |
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| pomelo | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: shaddock |
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| (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock |
| pompano | (noun) any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico | - |
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| (noun) flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish | - |
| poncho | (noun) a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head | - |
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| porno | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: erotica, porn, pornography, smut |
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| poroporo | (noun) Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit | Synonyms: kangaroo apple, Solanum aviculare |
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| portfolio | (noun) the role of the head of a government department | - |
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| (noun) a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather | - |
| (noun) a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution | - |
| (noun) a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers | - |
| portico | (noun) a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area | - |
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| potato | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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| (noun) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Synonyms: Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
| potoroo | (noun) Australian rat kangaroos | - |
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| potto | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: kinkajou, Perodicticus potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, kinkajou, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus |
| presidio | (noun) a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings | - |
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| prestissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) as fast as possible | - |
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| (adverb) extremely fast; as fast as possible | - |
| presto | (adjective) (of tempo) very fast | - |
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| (adverb) suddenly | - |
| (adverb) at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro) | - |
| primo | (adjective) the best of its kind | - |
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| (noun) the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
| pro | (adjective) in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) | - |
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| (noun) an argument in favor of a proposal | - |
| (noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: professional |
| (adverb) in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. | - |
| promo | (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
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| pronto | (adverb) in a punctual manner | Synonyms: promptly, readily |
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| pronunciamento | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: manifesto |
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| prosciutto | (noun) Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
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| proto | (adjective) indicating the first or earliest or original | - |
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| proviso | (noun) a stipulated condition | Synonyms: provision |
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| proximo | (adjective) in or of the next month after the present | Synonyms: prox |
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| pruno | (noun) a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates | - |
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| prurigo | (noun) chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching | - |
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| pseudo | (adjective) (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of | - |
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| (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, role player, sham, shammer |
| psycho | (noun) a person afflicted with psychosis | Synonyms: psychotic, psychotic person |
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| pueblo | (noun) a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | - |
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| pummelo | (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, shaddock |
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| punctilio | (noun) strict observance of formalities | - |
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| (noun) a fine point of etiquette or petty formality | - |
| purloo | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, poilu |
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| quango | (noun) a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government | Synonyms: quasi-NGO |
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| quarto | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves | Synonyms: 4to |
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| quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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| rabato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rebato |
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| radicchio | (noun) prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves | - |
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